In December, the revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) came into immediate effect, introducing the most ...

The government has proposed tightening the criteria under which local authorities are at risk of ‘special measures’ for the ...

The government has proposed tightening the criteria under which local authorities are at risk of ‘special measures’ for the ...

The High Court has dismissed a legal challenge against a planning inspector’s consent for a 92 hectare solar farm, with legal ...

A national park authority erred when consenting a farm building before a Habitat Regulations assessment had been issued, but the mistake did not affect the outcome, judges have ruled. If you haven’t ...

The government this week announced a series of proposals designed to speed up build out rates for consented sites and to help ...

The High Court has dismissed a legal challenge against a planning inspector’s consent for a 92 h ...

Provisions in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill will facilitate a "shift in responsibility" for the oversight of ...

An inspector has allowed up to 78 homes on an unallocated site in the countryside after finding that, though the local ...

The government has proposed allowing councils to “conditionally confirm” the compulsory purchase order (CPO) of sites where ...

A key policy advisor to the government on biodiversity net gain (BNG) has joined conservationists in raising concerns about ...

A county council has launched a legal challenge after it claimed a “devastating” fire “altered” the basis on which an ...